Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday admitted same-sex marriage would have a very difficult time in the Senate.
Zubiri disclosed he personally asked several of his colleagues in the Upper Chamber about it in the past.
“And almost all of them have signified their opposition to it,” said the Senate leader.
“I personally have serious reservations on it and I’m inclined not to vote for it for personal and religious beliefs,” he added.
Senator JV Ejercito believed it would be an uphill battle or it would be quite a challenge to have it passed.
He stressed the Senate was “very sensitive to the pulse of the Filipino people” when it comes to controversial legislation.
“Definitely the pulse will play a factor in our decision towards controversial and sensitive issues such as same-sex marriage,” he said.
Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara echoed Ejercito’s sentiments on same-sex marriage, saying he expected “vigorous debates” on the proposal.
He noted that senators were quite sensitive to public opinion so that might play a role.
“I also expect some senators who are members or close to some religious groups to be not in favor of this,” he said.
The recent nationwide Social Weather Stations poll showed that 61 percent of Filipino people are opposed to the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The survey also showed 44 percent of 1,200 respondents said they “strongly disagree” with the proposed law legalizing same-sex marriage while 17 percent said they “somewhat disagree” with it.
